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 | | Nenad Marcovic |
First Prize (35.000,-€) and also the audience prize (2.500,-€) in the Tromp
Muziek Competition held October 12-19, 2002 in Eindhoven, the Netherlands,
was claimed by Nenad Marcovic, born 1983 in Novi Sad, Serbia. He
lives in Germany and has been studying at the Hochschule fur Musik in Karlsruhe
with Reinhold Friedrich since the summer of 2002, after studying with his
father from age 6. He has won the Yugoslavian National Competition several
times. In 1995 he won a contest in France, and in 1999 he finished third
in the Pilisvörösvar International competition in Hungary. In 2000 Nenad
won the audition for a position in the Youth World Orchestra and toured
all across the globe. He plays trombone, horn, euphonium, and tuba equally
well.
"Although Nenad is only 19 years old, he is an unbelievable appearance on the trumpet horizon. He learned the entire program, Zimmermann concerto etc., in just six months, he is totally calm and plays anything!" says Edward Tarr, who has inside information as he given him a couple of lessons, too.
Nenad's father, Dubravko Marcovic, teaches beginners on trumpet in the primary music school. He is very thorough, and works only on breathing and buzzing exercises for a full half year before the young pupils are allowed to take a trumpet into their hands. Even then he proceeds slowly and methodically. Dubravko Marcovic has taught some highly reputed trumpeters, among them: Laura Vukobratovic, current member of Women in Brass, and well known all over Europe for her renditions of the second Brandenburg Concerto. In her years of academy training she was a student of Reinhold Friedrich, who has instructed the second prize winner as well, Andrei Kavalinski.
 | | Andrei Kavalinski | Andrei Kavalinski was born in 1977 in Belarus. Kavalinski lives in Belgium and graduated from the Hochschule fur Musik in Karlsruhe (as a student of Reinhold Friedrich) in 2001. He has given solo concerts all over Europe and participated in various competitions in Russia, Germany, Italy and France. He finished second in the Porcia Competition in 1999 and second in the Maurice André Competition in 2000. He won 1st prize in the Ellsworth Smith Competition in Germany 2000 with his irresistible interpretation of Sergei Vasilenko's Concerto. He has held the position as solo trumpeter for the Flemish Radio Orchestra in Belgium since 2001.
Third Prize was acclaimed by Tristram Williams; born in 1978, Australia. At age seventeen he was admitted for trumpet studies at the University of Newcastle under John Kellaway. While studying, he won several prizes for trumpet playing and composition. His interpretations of the classical standard repertoire are musically innovative, as he demonstrated in the Kiev International Solo Trumpet Competition 1998, and his expressiveness in contemporary music is astounding. In 1999 he was invited to join the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
 | | Tristram Williams performs 'Nobody Knows de Trouble I See' | The Tromp Muziek Competition, now international, was part of a magnificent festival, Tromp Muziek Biënnale 2002, engaging the whole town of Eindhoven to attend trumpet concerts in different idioms, trumpet films, and trumpet exhibitions for a whole week. The Tromp Muziek Competition was first held in Eindhoven in 1971 at the initiative of Dr. Ir. Theo Tromp (1903-1984), then vice president of the Philips Co. in cooperation with the city of Eindhoven. In 2002, the trumpet was the choice of instrument for the first time, and it will be so again in 2008. The prizes are of considerable magnitude, due to Theo Tromp's donations. Nenad Marcovic received 37.500,-€ and the possibility to play a series of concerts and recitals over the next 2 years. Andrei Kavalinski received 5.000,-€, and Tristram Williams received 2.500,-€. All of the laureates received a design for their own web site.
The jury consisted of: Villem Vos, chairman, the Netherlands; Peter Masseurs, the Netherlands; Adolph Herseth, USA; Reinhold Friedrich, Germany; Markus Stockhausen, Germany; Kevin Volans, Republic of Ireland (finals only); and Anneke Hogenstijn, the Netherlands (finals only). Kevin Volans had composed a work for trumpet and string quartet especially for the competition, and it was premiered in the final round.
The required works in the preliminary round were the demanding: Toru Takemitsu's Paths; and Henri Tomasi's Concerto for trumpet and orchestra (1948) (piano score). This program was performed by the 14 contestants: Nenad Marcovic, Tristram Williams, David Szalkay, Jonathan Clarke, Jason Price, Marielle Streun, Paolo Bacchin, Fabio Brum, David Argenta, Andrei Kawalinski, Daniel Edelhoff, Hessel Buma, Denver Dill, and Enrico Fonseca.
6 players were chosen for the semifinals, and performed their own selection of pieces with a total duration of 45 minutes. Nenad Marcovic played: Stockhausen's Oberlippentanz; Berio's Sequenza X; Kagel's Morceau de Concours; And Zivcovic's Born to Beat Wild. Andrei Kavalinski played: Stockhausen's Oberlippentanz; Friedmann's Solus; Denisov's Con Sordino; and Maresz's Metallics. Tristram Williams played: Honegger's Intrada, Berio's Sequenza X; Suderburg's Chamber Music VIII; and Roland's Thriller.
 | | Competition finalists Kavalinski, Marcovic, and Williams | The final round challenged each of the 3 finalists in two different settings. First, the Belgian string quartet Quator Danel accompanied the finalists in Trumpet and String Quartet 2 by Kevin Volans. Peter Masseurs describes this work as 'slow and solemn', with an honest atmosphere and distinct trumpet tones combined with strings. Kevin Volan's works are featured on 14 CDs.
Finally, the conductor Mikal Tabachnik led the finalists and the Brabants Orkest in the required work Nobody Knows De Trouble I See written by Bernd Alois Zimmermann in 1957. This work has been considered unplayable until recently, but 3 of the jury members had in fact performed it; Peter Masseurs, Marcus Stockhausen, and Reinhold Friedrich, who even has recorded it.
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